A 358 Winchester in the current Browning BLR is light, handy and accurate. Perhaps more than you need for a treed bear, but if you ever need to hunt heavier big game within reasonable distances the 358 Win is hard to beat.
The BLR is a very fast shooting rifle as well.
Dan
I always wanted a BLR in .358. Win. Caliber
Here's your chance then. I shot a small black bear this past year. He was approaching me while I was sitting on a big rock deer hunting. No blind. Damn thing was looking right at me. It was about 25 yds away when I started shooting.
That BLR handled like a dream in the thick stuff where I was hunting. I got three fast shots on him. Two in the boiler room. One in the hind quarter. Bear only traveled about 10 feet.
When the bear was skinned there were exit holes the size of quarters behind his shoulder.
I think that was the fastest shooting that I ever did.
Dan
